VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION General Operating Expenses For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; not to exceed $3,500 for newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $67,000 for preparation, shipment, installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, and other visual education information and descriptive material, including purchase or rental of equipment; $163,373,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty-two persons engaged in public relations work: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay educational institutions for reports and certifications of attendance at such institutions an allowance at a rate in excess of $1 per month for each eligible veteran enrolled in and attending such institution. Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, domiciliary, special service, construction and supply, research, and employee education and training activities; expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical research, as authorized by law; not to exceed $1,136,600 for expenses of travel of employees paid from this appropriation, and those engaged in training programs; and not to exceed $2,700 for newspapers and periodicals; $29,349,000, of which $17,344,000 shall be available for medical research: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the foregoing appropriations shall remain available until expended for prosthetic testing and development. 73 Stat. 511 Inpatient Care For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hospitals and domiciliary facilities and for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration as authorized by law, including the furnishing of recreational articles and facilities; maintenance and operation of farms; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; purchase of fifty-two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); and aid to State or Territorial homes as authorized by section 641 of title 38, United States Code, for the support of veterans eligible for admission to Veterans Administration facilities for hospital or domiciliary care; $792,079,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That $8,400,000 of such sum shall be for deferred maintenance: Provided further, That allotments and transfers may be made from this appropriation to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, and Air Force Departments, for disbursement by them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration: Provided further, That the foregoing appropriation is predicated on furnishing inpatient care and treatment to an average of 140,846 beneficiaries during the fiscal year 1960 including members in State or Territorial homes, and if a lesser number is experienced such appropriation shall be expended only in proportion to the average number of beneficiaries furnished such care and treatment. Outpatient Care For expenses necessary for furnishing outpatient care to beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration, as authorized by law; purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131); $83,866,000. Maintenance and Operation of Supply Depots For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of supply depots, including purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131), $2,218,000. Compensation and Pensions For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances (including burial awards authorized by section 902 of title 38, United States Code, and subsistence allowances for vocational rehabilitation), authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President based thereon, including emergency officers’ retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans Administration, and for the payment of adjusted-service credits as provided in sections 401 and 601 of the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended, $3,300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 73 Stat. 512 Readjustment Benefits For the payment of benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by title II of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and chapters 21, 33, 35, 37, and 39 of title 38, United States Code, and for supplies, equipment, and tuition authorized by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, $585,000,000, to remain available until expended. Veterans Insurance and Indemnities For military and naval insurance, for national service life insurance, for servicemen’s indemnities, and for service-disabled veterans insurance, $53,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That certain premiums provided by law to be credited to the “Military and naval insurance” or “National service life insurance” appropriations shall be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to the same statutory provisions and shall be available for the same purpose as formerly applied to the appropriations for “Military and naval insurance”, “National service life insurance”, and “Servicemen’s indemnities”. Grants to the Republic of the Philippines For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with sections 631 to 634 of title 38, United States Code, for expenses incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $2,000,000. Construction of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning and for major alterations, improvements, and repairs and extending any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 5001 and 5002, title 38, United States Code, $31,659,000, to remain available until expended. Administrative Provisions Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current fiscal year for “Compensation and pensions”, “Readjustment benefits”, and “Veterans insurance and indemnities” may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum of the appropriations so augmented, and not to exceed $500,000 of the appropriation “Veterans insurance and indemnities” for the current year may be transferred to “Service-disabled veterans insurance fund”. Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for “Inpatient care” and “Outpatient care” shall be available for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial awards authorized by section 902 of title 38, United States Code), for beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration receiving care under such appropriations. No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Administration (except the appropriation for “Construction of hospital and domiciliary facilities”) shall be available for the purchase or any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 73 Stat. 513 No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs.